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It's Been a Tough Week for Voter Suppression Laws And Their Creators
Over the past month, the courts have systematically begun to dismantle voter suppression laws in 4 states. Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Kansas have all seen various laws designed to 'pro ...
05 Aug, 2016
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50 Ways the Democratic and Republican Parties Are The Same
1. Both parties engage in and benefit from gerrymandering, the practice of redrawing district lines for partisan gain. In 2010, Republicans invested millions in statewide races to retake state legisla ...
03 Aug, 2016
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Kansas Bucks Primary Trend; Voters Turn to Independent-Minded Politicians
There seems to be an axiom in modern politics, that to win a general election you have to win over the moderates, but to win in the primary you have to 'be the best party member' to have a chance.Hist ...
03 Aug, 2016
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Jill Stein's Ballot Access Campaign Gets Major Boost from Bernie Defectors
Green Party signature coordinators across the country are reporting an influx of Bernie Sanders supporters to the Greens' campaign. How far the new momentum will take the party in the 2 ...
02 Aug, 2016
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What America and Its Leaders Should Learn From Brexit (But Probably Won't)
Days after Brits voted to leave the EU, what will actually happen is far from certain. Millions have signed a petition for a second referendum, which Prime Minister David Cameron claims won't happen.L ...
06 Jul, 2016
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9 min read
Finding Common Ground: 8 Effective Strategies to Address Gun Violence
I wrote "whenever there is mass shooting in the U.S. ...the debate about gun violence inevitably ramps up. Gun control advocates demand more restrictions on gun...while Second Amendment pro ...
27 Jun, 2016
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9 min read
Kansas Must Restore the Rights of 18,000 Purged Voters
Federal District Judge Julie Robinson blocked the Kansas Voter ID law that caused the purging of over 18,000 voters from the registered voter's list in mid-May. This week, the Tenth Circuit ...
14 Jun, 2016
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A Declaration of Independents: Breaking Free of the Two-Party Duopoly
This article was written by Charlie Wheelan, founder of The Centrist Project.America's political system is going to change. The last nine months have been the political equivalent of Pearl Harbor. Vot ...
14 Jun, 2016
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Political Anger Inspires More Competition in Kansas Elections
Anger with the state government and national politics has inspired more competition in Kansas, both from Democrats and independents, threatening to change the election map by jeopardizing one of the r ...
13 Jun, 2016
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Just How Damaging Will the ‘Playbooks’ be to Trump’s Campaign?
With the public release of the Trump University playbooks, the class-action suit against Donald Trump's real estate seminars will test the old adage in sales, 'to get what you want, figure out how to ...
03 Jun, 2016
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